Advocates for domestic violence services want better public awareness and more-effective interventions to reduce Connecticut's average of 14 fatalities a year.

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Intimate partner dangersConnecticut averages 14 intimate partner homicides each year.In 2012, the 11 homicides included eight deaths by firearms, two by knife and one by strangulation.There are 20,000 family-related incidents each year in the state that result in one arrest or more.The 9,000 requests for restraining orders result in 5,900 temporary restraining orders. About 36 percent are granted for a full year.Four percent to 8 percent of pregnant women experience violence.Source 2014 Findings & Recommendations of the Connecticut Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee

There already have been 10 in 2014, including the July 6 death of Kiromy Fontanez, 24, of Bridgeport, who was allegedly shot and killed in her Pearl Street home by her former boyfriend, Jose Santiago, 35.

"It's not a poor people's problem," said Cynthia Price, an emergency room physician at Hartford Hospital. "It's not a rich people's problem. It is everybody's problem. Being in an abusive relationship really takes a physical and mental toll on people."

There are 20,000 domestic violence incidents each year that result in at least one arrest, the report said. That accounts for one-third of the state's criminal case flow in state Superior Court.

"Like that problem, these domestic homicides are preventable," Lawlor said. "We can identify the most at-risk individuals. We can take action before the tragedy takes place, and we have an obligation to make sure that everyone in the criminal justice community knows the warning signs and knows what to do when they see them."

Karen Jarmoc, CEO of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said in October a special effort will be made to reach out to Spanish-speaking residents.

"It is hugely important and relevant because it helps us understand how to do better," Jarmoc said during a morning news conference in the state Capitol complex.